Daria Neklesa

Train users hoping to travel to and from London over the August bank holiday weekend are being warned to plan their journeys now as a major London station is set to close for engineering works.

Network Rail is warning passengers that no train services will stop at London Euston on Saturday August 26 and Sunday August 27 and that a reduced service will run until midday on Monday August 28 2017. A full service is expected to resume from midday onwards.

Services on the Saturday and Sunday will terminate at Milton Keynes and rail replacement buses will then run to and from Stanmore to connect with London Underground services on the Jubilee line.

The rail infrastructure manager is also warning that services are expected to be busier than usual and London’s Marylebone, King’s Cross, St Pancras and Victoria stations will be more crowded than usual.

More disruption is expected between August 12-28 for Northern users across the north west as essential work is scheduled to take place as part of the Great North Rail Project.

Passengers are advised that the majority of train services will not run in or out of Bolton until the first service on Monday August 28 2017. However, trains will still run from Bolton to Blackburn and Clitheroe during weekdays, but users travelling on from Bolton will be provided with a rail replacement bus.

A spokesman for Network Rail said: "A large programme of essential work this August as part of our Railway Upgrade Plan will provide faster, more reliable journeys, with more frequent rail services.

"Anyone planning to travel during August – particularly over the bank holiday (Saturday 26 August to Monday 28 August) – is advised to check their journeys on the National Rail website as early as possible.

"While there is never an ideal time to carry out engineering work on the railway, our improvements programme takes place when the railway is quietest – up to 50 per cent fewer passengers travel on bank holidays and in summer."